DNR: Giant tree drop is a gift to High Falls Flowage

3:50 PM,
May 8, 2014

Written by

the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

An unfortunate infection of oak trees was turned into something positive when a utility and several area business owners joined a fisheries biologist to create fabulous shoreline habitat for fish and wildlife.

The project, on the High Falls Flowage, involved a large-scale "tree drop" along Peshtigo River State Forest property on the north shore of the cove leading to Popp's Resort on County X in the Town of Stephenson in Marinette County.

The work was completed in February and March when the icy cap on the flowage allowed precise placement of the 41 oak trees, donated to the Department of ...